13.08.2008 09:05 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

NVidia G92 and G94: Manufacturing Defect Too?

It seems that NVidia is facing a major manufacturing issue with its GPU, and it might not be only limited to the previous generation G84 and G86 models (GeForce 8400 and 8600). The Inquirer reports that it has collected information indicating that more recent GPU from NVidia, G92 and G94 are also affected by the same manufacturing problem. If you consider that the G92 is used in GeForce 8800GT, 8800GTS, 8800GS, most of the 9800 suffixes, and a few 9600 variants, while the G94 is basically only used for the GeForce 9600GT, one can immediately identify that most NVidia from the previous and current generation are harboring a manufacturing defect that will dramatically reduce their life time. The Inquirer indicates that four NVidia's OEM partners are now indicating that they are recording high rate of failure with G92 and G94 chips hardware, affecting both desktop and laptop cards. I

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